The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... passions , and advancing the hap- piness of every man in his private capacity . Fourthly , Because the rule of morality is much more certain than that of faith , all the civilized nations of the world agreeing in the great points of ...
... passions , and advancing the hap- piness of every man in his private capacity . Fourthly , Because the rule of morality is much more certain than that of faith , all the civilized nations of the world agreeing in the great points of ...
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... receive ; and when you recom- mend the pious passion that reigns in the verse , we seem to feel the devotion , and grow proud and * Addison . pleased inwardly , that we have souls capable of relishing No. 461 . 49 SPECTATOR .
... receive ; and when you recom- mend the pious passion that reigns in the verse , we seem to feel the devotion , and grow proud and * Addison . pleased inwardly , that we have souls capable of relishing No. 461 . 49 SPECTATOR .
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... passion which all man- kind so naturally give into as pride , nor any other passion which appears in such different disguises . It is to be found in all habits and complexions . Is it not a question , whether it does more harm or good ...
... passion which all man- kind so naturally give into as pride , nor any other passion which appears in such different disguises . It is to be found in all habits and complexions . Is it not a question , whether it does more harm or good ...
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... passionate an admirer as I am of good dancing . As all art is an imita- tion of nature , this is an imitation of nature in its highest excellence , and at a time when she is most agreeable . The business of dancing is to display beauty ...
... passionate an admirer as I am of good dancing . As all art is an imita- tion of nature , this is an imitation of nature in its highest excellence , and at a time when she is most agreeable . The business of dancing is to display beauty ...
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... passion deeply fixed in the mind of every extraordinary person ; and those who are most affected with it , seem most to par- take of that particle of the divinity which distin- guishes mankind from the inferior creation . Supreme Being ...
... passion deeply fixed in the mind of every extraordinary person ; and those who are most affected with it , seem most to par- take of that particle of the divinity which distin- guishes mankind from the inferior creation . Supreme Being ...
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Page 99 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 71 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 12 - To all my weak complaints and cries, Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learnt To form themselves in pray'r. Unnumber'd comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whence those comforts flow'd.
Page 99 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Page 104 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Page 182 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 145 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Page 12 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 63 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 84 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i